THE POTENTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BUDDHISTS OF MES AYNAK

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Socrates and the Buddha had a conversation? Unfortunately, we’ll probably never know since they lived miles apart from each other and never met in the first place. Nonetheless, there does exist a place where Buddhist and Greek philosophy intermingled with each other in the ancient world. In ancient Afghanistan, there was a city, Mes Aynak, that exhibited a mixture of Buddhist and Greek elements. Today, that city has been unearthed but now faces possible demolition despite being an archaeological site of significant importance.